Analytical Essay On The Monsoon Wedding - 869 Words

Maddie Weir Monsoon Wedding Analytical Oral: ‘The Many Facets of Love’ We all have our own opinions on love. Some of us may be hopeless romantics who believe in meeting the ‘one’ and being swept up into a romance that will last forever. Others may think that all of that is rubbish and that love is something that people must work on in order to get right. Either way, love is something that affects all of us. The 2001 film, Monsoon Wedding, follows the lives of a Punjabi family as they prepare for the arranged marriage of the oldest daughter of the Verma’s, Aditi. This marriage is anything but simple, with the film containing several subplots of different couples and families who are all connected by this wedding. Mira Nair, the director,†¦show more content†¦Lalit would do absolutely anything for his children. After he discovers that Tej molested Ria when she was a child, he’s placed in an extremely difficult position. In the scene, ‘Smile’ Lalit makes his decision and tells Tej and his wife ‘to leav e my family and my home’ and that he’d ‘protect them [his children] from myself even if I have to’. A close-up of Ria’s face as she hears that Lalit has chosen her over Tej, places Ria in a state of disbelief that the choice is being made in her favour, that she is being prioritised over Tej, an elder who the family owes so much to. Lalit is clearly exhausted by what he’s just done but by removing Tej from the wedding he’s cleared the tension and has allowed Aliyah to be a child again and has given Ria the closure she needed. One of the subplots of the film follows the blossoming romance of P.K Dubey and Alice, the Verma family maid. All it really took was one look at each other in ‘The Marigold gate’ for them to develop feelings and to notice that what they had was special. Marigolds are used as a symbolic prop in the film and are an important symbol in the relationship between Alice and Dubey. When they first meet, Alice puts a marigold behind her ear and Dubey eats on that lands in his pocket. When Dubey proposes to Alice he has a heart of marigolds and offers it to her. When they get married, they have a small ceremony and are protected from the rain byShow MoreRelatedThe Layers And Cycles Of Writing. Like The Layers On An1487 Words   |  6 Pagesbetter analysis. Additionally, through the reflection that naturally happens between each layer of writing, I have discovered a few thoughts of my own that have continued to resurface in my pieces. Though I have always incorporated drafts into my essays, it wasn t until my college English 1101 class did my papers begin to shine as a result of them. Our professor showed us that, more often than not, the strongest pieces always included revisions that were much lengthier than the actual writing, not